Tehipite Chapter

Join us for our first program of 2025 with Abby Wines, Park Spokesperson and Management Analyst for Death Valley National Park, presenting "Death Valley National Park: Land of Unique Challenges." We will meet on Zoom Wednesday, January 15, at 7 PM. Click here now to register in advance in order to receive the Zoom link the day of the event. More information below.


The annual election of Executive Committee members is happening. 

Use this link to access the online ballot. Deadline is at noon, December 11.

Candidates and chapter members may observe the counting. Contact Bob Turner at (559) 203-0714 if you are interested in observing the count.


The Sierra Club is a national, member-supported environmental organization, which seeks to influence public policy in both Washington and the state capitals through public education and grass-roots political action.

The Tehipite Chapter Mission Statement:

  • To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth;
  • To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources;
  • To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environments.

Read more about us here


Conservation and Executive Committee meetings are held virtually via Zoom. If any Tehipite Chapter members want to observe or participate in these meetings, contact Chapter ExCom member Gary Lasky for permission and instructions.

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Wednesday, January 15 at 7 PM on Zoom, Abby Wines, Park Spokesperson and Management Analyst for Death Valley National Park will present “Death Valley National Park: Land of Unique Challenges.”

Click here now to register in advance in order to receive the Zoom link the day of the event.

Badwater in Death Valley National Park

Death Valley is a landscape of extreme topography and weather events. This creates challenging adventures for people exploring the park, and challenging maintenance and management for the National Park Service. Learn firsthand how the park deals with some of these challenges.

Abby Wines, Park Spokesperson and Management Analyst for Death Valley National Park

Abby Wines has worked in Death Valley National Park for 19 years. When not working, she is usually either hiking up a peak or rappelling down a canyon somewhere in the park. Currently she works as Park Spokesperson and Management Analyst. Her photo is below.

RSVP now to receive a Zoom link on the day of the event.

Email Karen Hammer at ecuagirl45@yahoo.com if you have any questions or suggestions for future programs.


Tehipite Chapter has posted recordings of recent Zoom General Meetings on YouTube. Click on the titles below to view the videos. Only our Zoom meetings are recorded.

May 16, 2024 — Central California Environmental Justice Network with Executive Director Nayamin Martinez

April 17, 2024 — Being Curator of the Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center with Connor McIntosh

December 14, 2023 — Giant Sequoia Regeneration After Recent Fires in the Sierra with Dr. Chad Hanson

October 26, 2023 — Beavers: Building Climate Resilience Across California

April 19, 2023 — What's the Buzz Around Regenerative Agriculture with Jeff Mitchell

February 15, 2023 — Save the Cougars! Building the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing

January 19, 2023 — The Return of Gray Wolves to California with Beth Pratt

November 16, 2022 — Mountain Men of the Sierra Nevada with Shirley Spencer

October 19, 2022 — The History of Bears in the West with Tyler Coleman, National Park Service Biologist

September 21, 2022 — Fresno State Students Go Backpacking

June 15, 2022 — Community Choice Energy with Kirsten Andrews-Schwind of Peninsula Clean Energy

May 18, 2022 — Bring Back the Pollinators with Dave Kollen, Ambassador for the Xerces Society

April 20, 2022 — Western Artists and Their Influence on the National Parks

March 16, 2022 — Fresno Bee Reporter Marek Warszawski Discusses Mysteries and Lessons of the Creek Fire and Status of Development of San Joaquin River Parkway

February 16, 2022 — Glaciers and Climate Change

January 19, 2022 — Indigenous and Environmental Resource Center on the San Joaquin River

December 15, 2021  Iceland's Remarkable Beauty

October 20, 2021 — In the Struggle Book Talk: A Call to Action in an Ongoing Battle against Industrial Agriculture

September 15, 2021 North Coast Redwoods: The Heart of Interpretation

June 16, 2021 International Rivers (part 1), International Rivers (part 2) 

May 19, 2021 — Wild Utah! America's Redrock Wilderness

March 17, 2021 — Archaeology of the Sierra National Forest

February 17, 2021 — Salmon Restoration on the San Joaquin